broach before defeated called red

Vampiric Mist

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

undetected to bleed their victims dry. Vampiric mists, sometimes called crimson mists, are all that remain of vampires who couldn’t return to their burial places after being defeated or suffering

victim, so vampiric mists can feed on sleepers without waking them. The more a mist feeds, the redder it gets, such that it turns pink, then red, and finally a deep scarlet hue; when sated, it rains blood

Blue Slaad Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease called chaos phage. While infected, the target can’t regain hit points, and

instantly transforms into a red slaad or, if it has the ability to cast spells of 3rd level or higher, a green slaad. Only a wish spell can reverse the transformation.Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder

Animated Breath (Cold Form)

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

from the Elemental Planes to shape their breath weapons into bipedal form, creating Elemental creatures called animated breaths. Chromatic dragons often use these creatures as guardians for their hoards

red dragon’s creation strongly resembles a fire elemental, while a black dragon’s is similar to a water elemental, but viscous and foul-looking. A green dragon’s animated poison

Prophetess Dran

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Dran clan, Prophetess is a retired paladin of Tymora who now runs the inn known as the Dran & Courtier. Formerly owned by her parents (and once called the Omindran), the inn has been a central

feature of the village of Red Larch since before there was a Red Larch. Prophetess spent long years haunted by the fate of her daughter, Auspicia. She never fully believed Omin's stories about the

Animated Breath (Lightning Form)

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

magic from the Elemental Planes to shape their breath weapons into bipedal form, creating Elemental creatures called animated breaths. Chromatic dragons often use these creatures as guardians for

created it. A red dragon’s creation strongly resembles a fire elemental, while a black dragon’s is similar to a water elemental, but viscous and foul-looking. A green dragon’s animated

Animated Breath (Poison Form)

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

magic from the Elemental Planes to shape their breath weapons into bipedal form, creating Elemental creatures called animated breaths. Chromatic dragons often use these creatures as guardians for

created it. A red dragon’s creation strongly resembles a fire elemental, while a black dragon’s is similar to a water elemental, but viscous and foul-looking. A green dragon’s animated

Animated Breath (Fire Form)

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Elemental creatures called animated breaths. Chromatic dragons often use these creatures as guardians for their hoards or send them out to gather treasure from the territory around their lairs. An

animated breath is a bipedal creature formed from the same energy as the breath weapon of the dragon that created it. A red dragon’s creation strongly resembles a fire elemental, while a black dragon

Animated Breath (Acid Form)

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

magic from the Elemental Planes to shape their breath weapons into bipedal form, creating Elemental creatures called animated breaths. Chromatic dragons often use these creatures as guardians for their

. A red dragon’s creation strongly resembles a fire elemental, while a black dragon’s is similar to a water elemental, but viscous and foul-looking. A green dragon’s animated poison

High Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

(also called silver elves or gray elves) are much paler, with alabaster skin sometimes tinged with blue. They often have hair of silver-white, black, or blue, but various shades of blond, brown, and red are not uncommon. Their eyes are blue or green and flecked with gold.

other races. The sun elves of Faerûn (also called gold elves or sunrise elves) have bronze skin and hair of copper, black, or golden blond. Their eyes are golden, silver, or black. Moon elves

Stone Giant Rockspeaker

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Prismatic Ray"} to determine what ray affects it: 1–2: Blazing Red. On a failed save, the creature takes 35 (10d6);{"diceNotation

":"10d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Prismatic Ray (Blazing Red)", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage and has the blinded condition until the end of the giant’s next turn. On a

Omin Dran

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

or misses, Omin can grant the creature a +10 bonus to that roll.Ominifis Hereward Dran spent his formative years in the small waystop of Red Larch, where his mother, Prophetess, ran a popular inn and

adventure. But adventure of the wrong kind came calling for the trio one day, when an underground ruin they had often explored — actually a creature called the Wandering Crypt — took Auspicia from the

Blue Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease called chaos

reduces the target's hit point maximum to 0, the target instantly transforms into a red slaad or, if it has the ability to cast spells of 3rd level or higher, a green slaad. Only a wish spell can reverse

Animated Breath

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

their breath weapons into bipedal form, creating Elemental creatures called animated breaths. Chromatic dragons often use these creatures as guardians for their hoards or send them out to gather

treasure from the territory around their lairs. An animated breath is a bipedal creature formed from the same energy as the breath weapon of the dragon that created it. A red dragon’s creation

Draconian Mastermind

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

commanders or as advisors to those who created them. They emerge from gold, red, or amethyst dragon eggs, wingless but possessed of an arsenal of eldritch power. Like their dragon progenitors

, as their magical essence coalesces as a ball of lightning that arcs out at those nearby. On the world of Krynn, draconian masterminds formed from gold dragon eggs are called aurak draconians

Archon of Falling Stars

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

saving throw or take 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.The epic accounting of the world’s earliest histories called The Cosmogony

recounts the battle between a group of the gods’ champions and a mighty archon, which took place at the mysterious eastern edge of the world. Defeated, the falling archon is said to have met the

Baphomet

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

minotaur with six iron horns. A fiendish light burns in his red eyes. Although he is filled with bestial blood lust, there lies within him a cruel and cunning intellect devoted to subverting all

civilization. Baphomet wields a great glaive called Heartcleaver. He also charges his enemies and gores them with his horns, trampling his foes into the earth and rending them with his teeth like a

Baphomet Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

minotaur—considered the greatest gift of the Prince of Beasts. Baphomet himself appears as a great, black-furred minotaur, 20 feet tall with six iron horns. An infernal light burns in his red eyes

. Although filled with bestial bloodlust, there lies within a cruel and cunning intellect devoted to subverting all of civilization. Baphomet wields a great glaive called Heartcleaver. He sometimes

Sir Talavar

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

material components. As the dragon ages and changes color, it gains additional spells as shown below. Red, 1/day each: dancing lights, mage hand, minor illusion Orange, 1/day: color spray Yellow, 1

artifact called Iggwilv's Cauldron, the coven has frozen time in Zybilna’s palace, trapping the archfey inside. A goblin named Jingle Jangle has the key to Sir Talavar’s birdcage. She lives

Auril (Third Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

the effect on itself on a success.Third Form Auril’s third form, called Winter’s Womb or the Queen of Frozen Tears by her most ardent followers, is a 3-foot-diameter ice diamond containing

, heroes must reduce each of her forms to 0 hit points one after another. After she’s defeated in her third and final form, Auril dies. As long as she has mortal followers who worship her, however

Aarakocra

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

;and were imbued with a measure of their masters’ power over winds. Their descendants still command echoes of that power. From below, aarakocra look like large birds and thus are sometimes called

taper to sharp talons. Feathers cover their bodies—usually red, orange, yellow, brown, or gray. Their heads are also avian, often resembling those of parrots or eagles. Creating Your Character

Dragonborn Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

ancestor—bright red, green, blue, or white, lustrous black, or gleaming metallic gold, silver, brass, copper, or bronze. Self-Sufficient Clans To any dragonborn, the clan is more important

DRACONIANS In the Dragonlance setting, the followers of the evil goddess Takhisis learned a vile ritual that let them corrupt the eggs of metallic dragons, producing evil dragonborn called draconians

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Bugbears understand that by venerating Hruggek and Grankhul, they also give tribute to Maglubiyet, even though they don’t openly pay homage to their overlord. When bugbears are called to join a

heads of defeated foes, cut away or stitch open the eyelids, and leave the mouths hanging open. The heads are then placed on spikes or hung from cords around a bugbear den. The heads themselves are

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

notable deeds or actions. For example, Garurt translates as “axe,” a name given to a lizardfolk warrior who defeated an orc and claimed his foe’s weapon. A lizardfolk who likes to

hide in a stand of reeds before ambushing an animal might be called Achuak, which means “green” to describe how she blends into the foliage. Lizardfolk make no distinction between male and

Shifter Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

animal’s tough hide. A sense of invincibility spread through him. For the moment at least, he felt unstoppable! — Don Bassingthwaite, The Binding Stone Shifters are sometimes called the

names” with strangers. These are usually tied to a physical or personality trait. Shifter Names: Badger, Bear, Cat, Fang, Grace, Grim, Moon, Rain, Red, Scar, Stripe, Swift, Talon, Wolf

Zargon the Returner

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

save, it takes half as much damage.Zargon the Returner is an elder evil—an undying abomination from eons past with an insatiable appetite. A tentacled, slime-covered horror with a cyclopic red

, sacrificing their own to appease their so-called god. Appeased by these living offerings, Zargon returned to the tunnels beneath Cynidicea, where its cult grew.Zargon’s Lair Zargon’s lair

History

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

-red dragon with jeweled scales they made in their likeness, who worked with Bahamut and Tiamat to create metallic and chromatic dragons. The Draconic poem “Elegy for the First World” describes how

hordes of creatures overran this fledgling world, waging war on the dragons and colonizing the realm in the names of their gods. Bahamut and Tiamat were defeated, and Sardior disappeared. Sometime after

Ancient Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Connections d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Connected Creatures"} Connected Creatures 1 An ancient sapphire dragon has called a conclave of ancient gem dragons to

discuss how they might reunite and restore Sardior, the Ruby Dragon. 2 A horde of revenant;revenants led by a death knight has one goal—destroying the ancient sapphire dragon who defeated

Departure of Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Departure of Dragons During a conflict called the Third Dragon War, many generations before the Cataclysm, the hero Huma Dragonbane defeated Takhisis and prevented her conquest of Krynn. When the

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

Sequestered in high mountains atop tall trees, the aarakocra, sometimes called birdfolk, evoke fear and wonder. Many aarakocra aren’t even native to the Material Plane. They hail from a world

brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with

28. Well-Appointed Halls

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

. Where the halls widen, carved oak chairs padded with red velvet are available to weary visitors. At the foot of each chair rests an ottoman. Windows. Crystal-barred windows face the courtyard (area

23). Unless the characters have already encountered and defeated Otto elsewhere, the invisible faerie dragon lurks in these halls (see “Otto’s Game”).

Chapter 7: Tomb of Wayward Souls

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

chain of tropical islands on the world of Oerth. There, the party must plumb the depths of a deadly complex called the Tomb of Wayward Souls, which was built to lure in and slay treasure-seekers. This

labyrinthine maze of deadly traps was crafted by the diabolical archlich Acererak, who takes perverse pleasure in littering his dungeons with the bones of defeated adventurers.

The Warlord

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead

The Warlord After the efforts of the Red Wizards’ saboteurs, the horde’s warlord decides to make an example of the stalwart characters who have thwarted the assault so far. Read or paraphrase the

form explodes into three Shadows, each of which looks like a more insubstantial version of the warlord. The Shadows fight until destroyed, preferring to attack whichever character defeated the warlord

Doors and Key Cards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

door and uttering the command word “open” in Infernal. Doors that require key cards to unlock are color coded on map 17.2 and called out in the text. The color of the door indicates the type of key

card necessary to unlock it. Key cards come in three colors: Red Key Cards. The sphere’s workhands carried red key cards, which open red doors. Blue Key Cards. High-ranking stewards and technicians

Trouble at the Docks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

under the supervision of a sneering man with long red hair. A woman steps out of the crowd and wipes blood from her chin. “Glad to see you again,” she says with a smile. “I’m Captain Elaina Sartell

galleon Moondancer. She is unflappable—an island of calm in a sea of chaos. Traevus and His Gang Captain Sartell identifies the red-haired man as a local crime lord named Traevus—a neutral evil veteran. The

Key Plot Points

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

Key Plot Points The following information is key to this adventure’s story: Mountain Wildfires. A red dragon is igniting wildfires near a small town called Arborean Springs. The adventurers need to

other natural threats on the way. The red dragon lairs in magical gardens that githyanki exiles built ages ago. In the gardens, the characters face the dragon and various other monstrous foes.

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